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SECOND PUBLIC EXAMINATION

Honour School of Literae Humaniores

501/521

Honour School of Classics and English

501

Honour School of Classics and Modern Languages (Course I)

501

Honour School of Classics and Oriental Studies

501
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GREEK CORE
(Commentary and Essay)

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TRINITY TERM 2017

Wednesday 31 May, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Candidates are required to attempt QUESTION 1, and TWO others.

Marking scheme: 12.5% of the overall mark for each commentary in Question 1; 25%
for each essay; 25% for the separate translation paper.

Do not turn over until told that you may do so.

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1. WITHOUT TRANSLATING, comment on TWO of the following passages,
indicating the context where appropriate and discussing points of literary interest:

(a)

(PINDAR, Pythian 1.17-33)

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(b)

(EURIPIDES, Hippolytus 61-87)

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(c)

(ARISTOPHANES, Thesmophoriazusae 443-67)

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2. EITHER
(a) Does Sophocles present a coherent view of the reasons for Ajax’s downfall?

OR
(b) Does Herodotus present a coherent view of the reasons for Croesus’ downfall?

3. How varied is the use of narrative in the authors of the fifth century BC?

4. What attitudes to EITHER eugeneia OR sophrosune are displayed in fifth-century

Greek literature?

5. In what ways was Greek fifth-century literature shaped by patronage?

6. How do fifth-century Greek authors treat political institutions and procedures?

7. Analyse the role of the future in fifth-century Greek literature.

8. Is the Other still a useful category for understanding fifth-century Greek literature?

9. Is ‘Greek literature of the fifth century BC’ a helpful term?

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